Thank you to our Professional Resources!
Thank you to our professional resources, who met with our international guests in July and August, 2011.
504ward - Ms. Jessica Shahien, Executive Director
Alliance for Affordable Energy - Mr. Forest Bradley-Wright, Senior Program Director
Artfully AWARE - Ms. Hilary Wallis, Executive Director; Mr. Lionel Lombard, Consultant
Ashé Cultural Arts Center - Ms. Carole Bebelle, Director; Ms. Damia Khanboubi, Assistant to the Executive Director & Redd House Curator
Baptist Crossroads Foundation - Mr. Andrew Crosby
Beacon of Hope - Ms. Heather Huth, Director of Volunteers
Belle Reve - Ms. Vicki Weeks, Executive Director
Capital One Bank - Mr. Mark Boucree, Vice President Community Development Banking
Children's Hospital FACES Program - Ms. Barbara Brown, Director
Children's Hospital Tooth Bus Program - Ms. Marian Ulasiewicz, Director, Dr. Victor Babin, Staff
Collective World Art Community - Mr. Mike Kilgore, Founder
Crescent City Lights Youth Theater - Ms. Julie Condy, Founder and Executive Director
Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans - Ms. Aziza Landrum, Director of Community Care, Dr. Margaret Tennyson, DSN, CNM
Delgado Community College - Dean Harold Gaspard, Dean, Allied Health; Dean Warren Puneky, Dean, Business and Technology; Rick Schwab, Senior Director for the Maritime, Fire, Radar, and Industrial Training Facility; Ms. Traci Smothers, Director, Community & Economic Development; Vice Chancellor Kathleen Mix, Workforce Development
Edgar Degas House - David E. Villarrubia, Executive Director
Evacuteer.org - Mr. Robert Fogarty, Co-Founder; Ms. Emma Herr, Director of Development
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Mr. Andre Cadogan, FEMA Deputy Director of Programs; Ms. Andrea Davis, FEMA External Affairs Director; Ms. Nora Huete, FEMA Lead for Individual Assistance Program; Mr. Mike Hunnicutt, FEMA Deputy Lead for Mitigation; Mr. Eddie Williams, FEMA lead for Public Assistance Program Katrina/Rita
Fringe Festival - Ms. Kristen Evans, Executive Director
Global Green USA- Ms. Linda Morgano, Green Building Program Associate
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra - Ms. Holly Wallace, Administrative Assistant
The Green Project- Ms. Phyllis Jordan, Executive Director
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co. - Mr. Ron Coulonge, SBA Lending
Hip Hop for Hope - Mr. Ben Brubaker, Founder and Director
Hope Federal Credit Union - Mr. Gary Williams Community Developer
Interim LSU Public Hospital - Mr. Bob Arnold, Director Emergency Management; Dr. James Aiken, Emergency Medicine, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness; Chief Kenneth Scott, Director of Public Safety, Mr. Andrew Mahoney, Instructor Supervisor, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
Jefferson Parish Correctional Center - Deputy Chief Sue-Ellen Monfra, Lieutenant Gary Cook
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office - Colonel Tim Scanlan, Crime Lab, Major William Boudreaux, Internal Affairs Commander
Launch Pad - Ms. Katy Tackett, Community Manager
Leake & Andersson - Mr. Edward T. Hayes, Esq.
The Lens - Mr. Steve Beatty, Managing Editor
Louisiana Asthma Management & Prevention - Mr. Mark Perry, Program Manager
Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Ms. Beth Meeks, Executive Director
Louisiana Economic Development - Mr. Bill Fousch, Director of Business Development
Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association - Mr. Richard Metcalf, Director of Environmental Affairs
Louisiana Public Health Institute - Mr. Joe Kimbrell, Director
Louisiana Small Business Development Center - Dr. Carmen Sunda, Director
Louisiana State Police - Lt. Kevin Rhodes, State Coordinator - Child Exploitation Unit
Lowernine.org - Ms. Laura Paul, Director of Development
Loyola University School of Mass Communications - Prof. Michael Giusti, Adjunct Professor/Student Media Advisor
Mayor's Office of Economic Development - Mr. Ernest Gethers, Senior Advisor for Business Retention
Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness - Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety
Metropolitan Crime Commission - Mr. Anthony Radosti, Vice President
Miss-Lou Blueberry Growers Cooperative - Mr. Jerry Kirby
NO/AIDS Task Force - Mr. Enrique Moresco, Director of Operations
New Orleans African American Museum - Mr. John Hankins, Executive Director
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) - Mr. Brian Hammell, Director of Communications
New Orleans CityBusiness - Mr. Ben Myers, Staff Writer
New Orleans City Park - Mr. Robert Becker, Chief Executive Officer
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. - Mr. Marc A. Barnes, Director of Development
New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau - Ms. Kim Priez, Vice President of Tourism
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation - Mr. Nathan Williams, Interactive Director
New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center - Mr. Donald van de Werken, Director
nola.com - Mr. James O'Byrne, Director of Content, Ms. Lauren Wilbert, Community Producer
Office of Health Policy (OHP) & AIDS Funding - Ms. Fran Lawless, Director of Office of Health Policy
Prospect.2 - Mr. Christopher J. Alfieri, Board Member
Rebuilding Together - Ms. Daniela Rivero, Executive Director
Save Our Cemeteries (SOC) - Mr. John Geiser, Tour Guide and Past President
Seedco Financial - Mr. Mark Maher, Vice President/Managing Director
Sierra Club, Delta Chapter - Mr. Darryl Malek-Wiley, Regional Representative
Small Business Administration - Mr. Sandro Murtas, Regional Manager, Export Solutions Group, Mr. Michael Ricks, District Director
Southeastern Louisiana University - Dr. David Burley, Professor of Sociology
Southern United States Trade Association - Mr. Jerry Hingle, Executive Director
State of Louisiana - Mr. Walter Fahr, MSW, LCSW, Child Welfare Specialist V Department of Children and Family Services
Sweet Home New Orleans - Ms. Suzanne-Juliette Mobley, Executive Director
Total Community Action - Mr. Anthony Gabriel, Coordinator of Education & Workforce Services, Mrs. Carolyn Ford, Director of Community Services
Tulane University - Capt. Keith Amacker, Homeland Security Studies Director
Tulane University Anthropology Department - Professor John Verano
Tulane University Center for Public Service - Ms. Devon Ponoroff, Senior Program Coordinator
Tulane University Law School-Domestic Violence Clinic - Ms. Tania Tetlow, Associate Professor of Law and Director
Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station at Southeastern - Dr. Robert Moreau, Manager
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - Department of Epidemiology
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - Mr. Lyle W. Cayce, Clerk of Court Mr. Thomas Plunkett, Chief Deputy Clerk, Ms. Margaret H. Dufour, Executive Assistant to the Clerk of Court
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mr. Mike Stack, Chief of Emergency Management; Mr. Mark A. Spillers, Protocol Specialist
U.S. Attorney Eastern District Louisiana - Mr. Abram McGull, Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana - The Honorable Helen G. Berrigan, Section C - Judge
University of New Orleans Anthropology Department - Mrs. Andrea White
University of New Orleans Energy Conversion and Conservation Center - Dr. Ting Wang, Founding Director
WWL Radio - Mr. Dave Cohen, News Director
World Trade Center of New Orleans - Mr. David Kearney, President-Elect
Youth Rebuilding New Orleans - Mr. William Stoudt, Executive Director
